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Norway 1997 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1997 parliamentary election in Norway?

Labour Party won 65 of 165 seats with 35.0% of the vote. 78.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Norway
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Labour Party won 65 of 165 seats with 35.0% of the vote; 78.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.5 points on 1993.

  • Labour Party 65 −2 seats 35.0% −1.9 points
  • Progress Party 25 +15 seats 15.3% +9.0 points
  • Conservative Party 23 −5 seats 14.3% −2.7 points
  • Christian Democratic Party 25 +12 seats 13.7% +5.8 points
  • Centre Party 11 −21 seats 7.9% −8.8 points
  • Socialist Left Party 9 −4 seats 6.0% −1.9 points
  • Liberal Party 6 +5 seats 4.5% +0.9 points
  • Red Electoral Alliance 0 −1 seat 1.7% +0.6 points
  • Coastal Party 1 0.4%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Norway 1993 parliamentary election, party by party.

83 of 165 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 35.0%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 65 of 165 seats. A majority needs 83.

  2. +15 seats

    Seats gained by Progress Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1993. Centre Party lost 21 seats.

  3. 78.3%

    Voter turnout

    Up 2.5 points on 1993.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party65−235.0−1.9904,382
Progress Party25+1515.3+9.0395,378
Conservative Party23−514.3−2.7370,441
Christian Democratic Party25+1213.7+5.8353,082
Centre Party11−217.9−8.8204,824
Socialist Left Party9−46.0−1.9155,307
Liberal Party6+54.5+0.9115,077
Red Electoral Alliance0−11.7+0.643,252
Coastal Party10.49,195

± is the change against the Norway 1993 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 904,382
  • Progress Party 395,378
  • Conservative Party 370,441
  • Christian Democratic Party 353,082
  • Centre Party 204,824
  • Socialist Left Party 155,307
  • Liberal Party 115,077
  • Red Electoral Alliance 43,252
  • Coastal Party 9,195

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

78.3% of the 3,311,090 registered voters cast a ballot (2,593,669 ballots), up 2.5 points on 1993. 2,584,161 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party35.0% of votes39.4% of seats
  • Progress Party15.3% of votes15.2% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party13.7% of votes15.2% of seats
  • Conservative Party14.3% of votes13.9% of seats
  • Centre Party7.9% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Socialist Left Party6.0% of votes5.5% of seats
  • Liberal Party4.5% of votes3.6% of seats
  • Coastal Party0.4% of votes0.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.1 by votes and 4.4 by seats; Labour Party led Progress Party by 19.7 points of the vote.

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